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Challenge: Art of 2025 (Standard Editing*)
Collection: 2026
Camera: Sony Alpha a7R III
Lens: Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS
Date: May 30, 2025
Date Uploaded: Feb 6, 2026

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Yep. Outtake from Subject Isolation challenge earlier in the year. I really liked it then, but it wasn't 100% right for that challenge. Hoping it gets received well enough for the Art of 2025 challenge.

This really is a "Farm Road". I was at an event at a local winery and had some time to roam around. It had rained earlier in the day, and I noticed these reflections when I positioned myself just right in the road. Thought it was kind of cool looking! :-)

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Dang!!! Didn't see this coming. Wow. Thanks!

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Oh my! This challenge made my week. :-) Thanks!

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 43
Avg (all users): 6.9211
Avg (participants): 6.8621
Avg (non-participants): 7.1111
Views since voting: 263
Views during voting: 99
Votes: 38
Comments: 17
Favorites: 1 (view)


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02/26/2026 08:55:41 PM
brilliantly seen and edited .. and perfect in black and white ..
i love the way the dirt road is like a frame to the silos reflected in the puddle .. 
reminding me of clouds .. dirty and angry .. excellent work .. :)
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02/25/2026 02:32:43 PM
Very nicely done. Great image.
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02/25/2026 03:38:46 AM
escheresque
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02/24/2026 09:29:00 PM
I loved this one, it was on of three that got my top score. Very beautifully done!! And huge congrats on the jury selection, too!
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02/24/2026 09:26:05 PM
Well seen and captured, this photograph has a bit of a gloomy feel to it. In one sense, it could be interpreted as commentary on the state of the country in the US at the moment. But it can also be seen as a moment of clarity and clearing after the storm. And to me, if your photograph can evoke differing emotional reactions from your viewers, you’ve done a pretty good job.
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02/24/2026 09:08:46 PM
Congratulations on being named a jury selection in the Art of 2025 challenge!

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02/24/2026 08:35:13 PM
Great art invites—or provokes—a perspective I might not otherwise bring to the world. In photography, this often means composing an image that arrests attention and elicits a response. This image does exactly that. On the surface, it’s a well-timed, well-processed shot of a puddle on a country road. But at a deeper level, it exists because the photographer noticed what might otherwise be overlooked: not just the puddle, not just the reflected structures, but the inversion of reality and the fleeting, unexpected beauty of a found moment. I don’t know precisely what the artist intended to communicate, but that seems secondary. What matters is that this photograph enables me to share the artist's unique perspective on their world.
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02/24/2026 06:55:41 PM
Beautiful framing, the image feels like a snapshot from a dream. The fact that the image has been flipped upside down is not immediately obvious. Beautiful post-processing highlights the photographers skill. - Comment written before voting result but posted after.
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02/23/2026 04:28:50 PM
I also want to mention that this is a very clever find and the way you pulled it together is masterful. Again my Congratulation.
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02/23/2026 11:16:22 AM
Congratulations, This is wonderful photography and the story for me of how farming is so overlooked today. I wish your image be viewed by many for change.
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02/23/2026 05:41:44 AM
wow..... congratulations! The DPC Art of 2025 <3
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02/23/2026 12:32:00 AM
Nicely done
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/22/2026 10:35:26 AM
Art has an impatience for reality, wants to get beyond it.
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02/21/2026 11:58:41 PM
extraordinarily powerful.
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02/21/2026 04:21:53 PM
love it!
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02/18/2026 12:36:36 PM
Puddles are so fun. This is a great image and I like the title.
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02/16/2026 10:00:50 AM
very interesting
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